Oil Pan Alignment

This is a discussion on Oil Pan Alignment within the External Engine forums, part of the LSx Technical Help Section category; Everything I read claims that oil pan alignment is critical. I am in the process of swapping the GTO pan, ...

it's critical because the oil ports from the filter go through the pan. so long as you leave the front and rear covers on, you'll be fine in putting it on and torquing them down.

if not, what i do is snug everything down lightly. this will help to center everything up. then torque the oil pan down first. next, do the covers. you can use the harmonic balancer to help in centering the front cover. the crankshaft will do most of the centering of the rear cover.